These requests require full review by COCI, and will be approved according to the COCI meeting schedule:
- New course
- Change in:
- Unit value
- Instructional format type and hours
- Grading type
- Courses that will restrict credit
- Prerequisites
- Repeatability
- Final exam type
- Final exam group (this is a variance and is not submitted through CMS)
- Title and/or description, if substantial
- Addition of equivalent summer term of three weeks or other non-standard length
These requests may be reviewed and approved by Senate staff, and therefore may be able to be approved more quickly:
- Change in course number
- Cross-listing changes that do not significantly change the course content
- Minor changes to course title and/or description
- Change in term offered
- Addition of equivalent standard summer term of six, eight, or ten weeks
- Correction of errors
- Withdrawal of a course
- Removal of the "W" prefix in online courses
These changes, when made for a future unscheduled term, may be made by department course contacts in the Course Management System (CMS) without any Senate review:
- Instructor name
- TIE code
- Publish status (i.e., pruning; see section 2.6)
- Course objectives (optional field)
- Learning outcomes (optional field)
All proposals are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and this review rubric is only a guideline, not a guarantee.